No Curve - UCOA Moment for Nov 18th, 2009 We all know what it means to be graded on a curve, that is being compared to each other. Well, I am sure glad that God doesn’t grade on a curve.  I mean, He loves me whether I make the grade or not. I can be obstinate, pig headed, stubborn, rebellious, even defiant, and He still loves me.  Yes and you too.  Of course He has standards, standards that I often fail to meet. But His love is so amazing that it covers anything I can do that doesn’t come up to His standards.  Wow, what a God! There is in fact only one thing we need to do to take advantage of this unbelievably good deal, and that is so simple, that many people can’t believe that there really is a free lunch.  The only thing we need to do, to partake in this great deal, is to say yes when he comes knocking at our door.  Say yes, I would like to have a relationship with the God of the universe, and yes I haven’t been doing such a good job on my own lately. From that point forward, the responsibility for doing a good job, and coming up to God’s standards falls squarely on God’s shoulders.  You see, he doesn’t want me to work hard for Him, he just wants me listen to the nudges he gives me and respond when He suggests a path of action.  That is why people talk about that still small voice, God doesn’t need or want to yell, He likes to whisper, and then enjoy our response.  A friend of mine said today, that sometimes he just has to tell God that he (my friend) needs to go off on his own for a while.  God’s response is Ok, I will be here waiting for you when you get back. No anger, no shouting, just patience and an eternal love we can hardly understand.  ¶ 8:50 PM 0 comments

  UCOA Meeting, and Turkey Donations You want your picture up here, who am I to say no. I only wish I had brought the good camera so you wouldn't be so grainy. Click any picture for a larger (grainier) version.



UCOA is donating a bunch of turkeys for a Thanksgiving dinner for the Vets, that is what is in all those plastic bags on the table, dozens of turkeys. Don't worry if it seems early to collect turkeys for Thanksgiving, they will be stored in a big freezer. Word has it that the cook has a custom turkey cooker that will cook 9 birds at a time. Now that's a cooker!

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  Moments - UCOA Moment for October 20, 2009

We have moments in our lives when we have an opportunity to make a choice, should I go this way, or that way. I might be just going along, minding our own business, and then, suddenly, a decision is require. Perhaps someone falls, and needs a helping hand up, or perhaps we see a stranded motorist beside the road, and we decide whether to stop or to continue on. This series of choices we make, happen more or less constantly throughout our day. Will I eat lunch at McDonalds or Taco Bell. You could say, at the end of the day, we are the result of all of the choices we made today.

One choice I observed recently was at the Apache Pass Rally, and it struck me as particularly significant. Many of us were out by the river watching pastor Rick and Rhino baptize people. When Rick had finished baptizing all those that planned to participate, he decided to ask if anyone else wanted to be baptized. It was probably a spur of the moment decision, but that decision prompted a man in the crowd, to consider that he needed to be baptized, and so he raised his hand and walked out to Rick and got baptized on the spot. It was just a decision, but it is probably one he will remember for the rest of his life. Our moments are full of choices, how are your moments going?

Tom Zimmer

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  Took a few HDR Pics at Cowboy harley Davidson I really like this High Dynamic Range photography. It is lots of work to create, but the results are really neat.

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  Sam's Town Point Benefit for Denise The sloppy Joes were great, The band Young Generation was great as usual!



Debbie trying to talk One Wire's wife into drawing her raffle ticket. Good luck!



Panorama of the back area of Sam's Town Point.

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  Companeros Anniversary Party Attended the Companeros 13th Anniversary Party, had some great BBQ, and the band young Generation played some fantastic "old" rock. It was wonderful.




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  Apache Pass - Hospitality Tent Crushed
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  Apache Pass - Getting ready for the baptisms Everybody came out to witness the baptisms. We had seven people in all baptized Saturday, including one extra unplanned participant.
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  Apache Pass - Hospitality Tent We had a great time at Apache Pass for the Run to the River rally, which was also the COC state rally. Everything went great, till Saturday night, when it poured, and swamped most everything. We still had coffee for sSunday services, under the pavilion.


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  COC Meeting for September We had a great COC meeting in September, with lots of Clubs attending.

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  Medical Expenses Benefit for Julian Went down to the Office on East 7th St. in Austin today for a benefit for Julian (the child being held by his father in the first picture). We had burgers, iced tea, great music and fellowship among all the MCs today. The event was put on by Latin Steel for one of their own, and we all had a great time for a great cause. Click on any picture for a larger version.

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  Is it worth it? - UCOA Moment for Sept 15th

If someone were to offer to pay you a very large sum of money to perform an extremely dangerous task, would you do it? In the Bible, there is a verse that talks about a very rich man that sold everything he had to buy a pearl of great price.  He sold everything to obtain something so valuable that to obtain it was worth any cost.  When a man is young and he falls in love with a young woman, he will do almost anything to convince her to be his.  What would you do or pay almost anything for?  a family member, a friend?  The Bible also says that someone might possibly die for a good man, but there is One who died for someone not so good.  He died for me, and He died for you.  What is that worth?  I didn't ask for Him to die for me, but He did it anyway.  He died, and rose alive from the grave, so that I could live life to the fullest.  Are you living life to the fullest?  ¶ 9:52 PM 0 comments

  Benefit at Hanover's in Pflugerville for the family of Albert C. Borrero, killed in a motorcycle accident.

I went to the Riding for a Brother benefit at Hanover's Draft Haus in Pflugerville today. Albert C. Borrero was killed in a motorcycle accident recently, and this event was to help his wife Patricia and children Aiden and Avery. My prayers go out to his family.

The brisket and sausage plates were great, as was the music. It was well attended by the local clubs. I only stayed for the first band "Luvream", but they were very good, if also very loud. Pics are below, click on any one for a larger image, or click the title above for the youTube video (sorry for the bad audio).













Finally, a new type of photograph I have been experimenting with called HDR (High Dynamic Range).



Enjoy!

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  Being Used - UCOA Moment for August 19th, 2009

Life can seem kind of hum drum, day in and day out, week in and week out, especially in the summer. I get into a routine, and just keep going. Sometimes I don't enjoy it very much, but once in a while, something happens to brighten my day. You might ask me what that is, and I will tell you that the thing that brightens my day is when I see God working. What do I mean my that? Well, what I mean is I can be going about my business, and out of the blue, someone will want to talk and I will be able to see that God is using me to minister to that person. It may be a heavy duty conversation, or it may be some light joking, but whatever it is, I get this sense that God has place me in the situation at that time for His specific purpose to minister to someone. It just makes the whole day go better. I guess what i am saying is that having a relationship with God really requires some interaction with this being we call God. So, my suggestion to you, is that you take a moment during your day to ponder how God might be using you. You see, to me being used by God is one of the greatest blessing I can receive.

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  Summer Sizzle 2009 The annual Summer Sizzle was last evening at the Moose Lodge. We all had a great time, music, door prizes, spaghetti dinner (Debbie and I helped serve), lots of clubs, and lots of fun.

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